Application of Workmen's Compensation Act to Security Guards.

The provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, and the rules made thereunder, shall mutatis mutandis apply to the registered Security Guards employed in any factory or establishment ; and for that purpose they shall be deemed to be workmen within the meaning of that Act ; and in relation to such workmen, employer shall mean where a Board makes payment of wages to any such workmen, the Board, and in any other case, the 1[principal employer] as defined in this Act.